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The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919.A large, peaceful crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, during the annual Baishakhi fair to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of pro-independence activists Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal.
Pashtun politician and Indian independence activist Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan of the Khudai Khidmatgar viewed the proposal to partition India as un-Islamic and contradicting a common history in which Muslims considered India as their homeland for over a millennium. [ 1] Mahatma Gandhi opined that "Hindus and Muslims were sons of the same soil of ...
The History of Punjab refers to the past history of Punjab region which is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in the northwest of South Asia, comprising eastern Punjab province in Pakistan and western Punjab state in India. [1] It is believed that the earliest evidence of human habitation in Punjab traces to the Soan valley of the ...
Politics of Punjab, India. Politics in reorganised present-day Punjab is dominated by mainly three parties – Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal). [ 1][ 2] Since 1967, Chief Minister of Punjab has been predominantly from Jat Sikh community despite its 21 percent state population. [ 3][ 4][ 5] Exceptions ...
Senior superintendent of Punjab Police wounded and his guard killed by Sikh militants. 29 September 1983: 5 Punjab Police constables killed by Sikh militants in a week. 14 Oct 1983: 3 people killed at a Hindu festival in Chandigarh: 5 Oct 1983: 6 Hindu passengers dragged off bus and shot dead in 1983 Dhilwan bus massacre. 6 Oct 1983
Punjabi Hindus are the second-largest religious group of the Punjabi community, after the Punjabi Muslims. While Punjabi Hindus mostly inhabit the Indian state of Punjab, as well as Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and Chandigarh today, many have ancestry across the greater Punjab region, which was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947.
Punjabi nationalism is an ideology which emphasizes that the Punjabis are one nation and promotes the cultural unity of Punjabis around the world. The demands of the Punjabi nationalist movement are linguistic, cultural, economic and political rights.
The economy of Punjab is the 16th largest state economy in India with ₹ 8.02 lakh crore (US$96 billion) [1] (FY2024-25) in gross domestic product and a per capita GDP of US$3,338(264,000) ranking 19th amongst Indian states.